Sunbreakers deserve all the power they can get. Aside from the Striker subclass, Titans were extremely underpowered. Then they introduced Sunbreakers; they needed this subclass honestly. But because Sunbreakers quickly became the new meta in that -blam!-ing crucible, the devs residing in that cesspool of a company responded instantly and nerfed the hell out of them. Watch MIDA be next. Bungie is too -blam!-ing predictable. My hiatus from this game is well deserved.
Quite honestly the big part of me wants to just say "Good. Go use a Striker now that they're usable again. Sunbreakers were overpowered as hell and got what they deserved."
But on the other hand, they really aren't that badly off. You have to look at the capabilities here for a second:
- Ranged super that one hit kills (i.e. - golden gun on crack with the explosive perk on)
- Restores health on hit (Looking at the bladedancer here)
- Isn't limited by number of uses like Golden gun, but rather a fixed amount of energy/time (Bladedancer / Stormcaller)
- EXPLODES. And that's NOT a small blast radius even if it DID get nerfed (Voidwalker that can be used repeatedly, smaller blast but the point remains, and can even emulate the void sphere leftover after the blast by using the sun spot perk)
- TRACKING. As if having a ranged attack wasn't good enough, let's add tracking to it. (Nova bomb, again.)
- Extra defense (Like bladedancer/sunsinger, UNLIKE golden gunner)
- CAN RESTORE ITS HEALTH ON KILL. PLUS THE EXTRA DEFENSE. THIS ALONE WOULD MAKE IT OVERPOWERED AS ALL LIVING HELL AND YOURE -blam!-ING COMPLAINING. (This is another bladedancer thing, but a bladedancer requires you to get in very closer quarters, so either a sniper or a shotgun is effective)
I swear everyone complaining about how "bad the sunbreaker is now", -blam!-ing christ. Take a huge -blam!-ing step back and take a look - you have all of the best attributes of each of the supers from EVERY CLASS, EVERY SUBCLASS except the nightstalker. Hell, even the defender is covered by putting on the perk for standing in a sunspot. And you have the -blam!-ing ballsack to complain? -blam!-ing grow up. By sheer definition of their abilities, sunbreakers are overpowered.
Alright, let's not even look at the supers. The abilities themselves are still totally practical and useful. They have a unique, useful grenades that lasts a good long time for AOE control. They have a melee that increases DPS for a short time, like the nightstalkers SUPER. You don't even have to use your SUPER for that effect. Let that sink in. Not to mention, burn damage on top of that? Not feeling selfish enough? Let's just throw that in the mix. Let's move on again, you have the Titan lift, capable of outspeeding any subclass by repeatedly tapping the jump button while moving. Oh and that's right, you also get the damn Ruin Wings, and the new chestpiece that lets you dodge midair. Not saying other classes don't have their good gear and all, but those (and the soon to be Thagomizers for the Striker) are pretty -blam!-ing OP.
Long story short, yes, comparably to the old sunbreaker they are nerfed. Are they still OP? Incredibly so. Their design ALONE, their CONCEPT, was enough to make them far more powerful than any other subclass to date. Don't ever let me hear you bitch about how bad sunbreakers are.
They aren't.
PS - Buuuuuuut if that means you're not using a sunbreaker, I do applaud you for that. Those shitbags have no place in this game, even if they are useful in strikes and such. I'd rather them not be here, and I'm sure there are a fair number of people that share my sentiments.
Sorry you cant have an instant win button. and before you say "you just dont play a titan!!" My main toon is a Titan so shut up. Sunbreakers were OP they were able to tank so much damage that it because a big problem for the majority of the player base. They are much more balanced now.
Sorry you think that its okay for the class you use to be stronger than the rest.
The attacks are unreliable for the still massive cost of super gauge in comparison to somethings like Stormtrance, which doesn't a bit of energy on attacks and double kills with greater ease. Not too mention that it now has more armor and the class with the Ram helm.
It works just fine you just gotta learn how to use it now, thats all i play as now been noticing a lot more striker titans and defenders honestly its good to see variety again
What a crock of crap.
It's still more than powerful enough to wipe out a room.
Just because it's no longer invincible, and that's how you became accustomed to playing without does NOT mean it's "worthless".
Stop whining. Play.